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Young adults more highly educated than their older counterparts

Census data showed that young adults had a higher level of educational attainment than their older
counterparts. About 29% of young adults aged 25 to 34 had a university degree in 2006, well above the
proportion of 18% among adults aged 55 to 64, the group approaching retirement age.

Similarly, 23% of young adults aged 25 to 34 had a college diploma, compared to 16% of their 55 to
64 year-old counterparts.

Rising educational attainment among young adults was also reflected in a decline in the proportion which
had not completed high school and had no further education. In 2006, 11% of all young adults aged 25 to 34
had no formal educational credentials. This was less than half the proportion of 23% among adults aged
between 55 and 64.